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Animal Farm

 

Animal Farm 

Written by George Orwell
Originally published in 1945
~130 pages
Rate 4/5

Majority of my friends told me they had to read this book for English class and I was somehow not apart of that majority. 

I was one of the "lucky" few who only had the watch the animated movie in history class. However, much like this book shows, as time goes on you realize how unlucky you truly are when you are robbed of education.

Though this book is short, the story is mighty. I took a long time to get through reading the book. Animal Farm was good, but since I was already familiar with the ending it felt like it dragged on for longer than it should have. The last line of the story was still chilling regardless of knowing about the ending. 

It's a well known fact that this book is an abstract version of the history of communism. Despite focusing on animals on a farm, the story perpetuates the idea that leaders can always become corrupt even if at first they appear to care about you. More often than not when it comes to leaders, the desire for power outweighs the want to do the right thing. Animal Farm is not just about the history of communism, but a social critique about how society has and will always be when it comes to the hunger for MORE.

Quotes
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which."

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